What techniques do you use to memorize Chinese and Japanese characters?

[Liam (William L.)]

How to use memory palace for Chinese characters

I gave a long explanation about this sometime ago, but I cannot find it. I assign a person to various parts of the characters (not necessarily radicals) For instance: 止 zhi3 [Aragorn] 幸 xing4 [Elrond] 氏shi4 [Ent] 隹 zhui1 [Frodo] 殳 shu1 [Galadriel] 干 gan14 [Gandalf] (幹) 廣 guang3 [Gimli] 肖 xiao4 [Goldberry] 余yu2 [Gollum] 兆 zhao4 [Legolas] 攵（攴）[M&P] 臣chen2 [nazgul] 丂 kao3 [Orc] 欠 qian4 [Sam] 召 [Saruman] 辛 [shelob] 寺si4 [Tom Bombadil] 亶 dan4 [troll] Then, I create small stories …